Monday, October 16, 2006

Journal 15 - The Polish archbishop became the pope 28 years ago

The Polish archbishop, Karol Wojtyla, was elected by conclave the head Catholic church on October 16, 1978. He adopted name John Paul II.
Karol Wojtyla was born May 18, 1920 at Wadowice, Poland; he died April 2, 2005 at Vatican City.
Karol Wojtyla was a great student and sportsman. In 1942, he has ordained a priest. He became the pope at the age of 58. He was the first Polish pope and the first non-Italian pope since 1522.

1 Comments:

Blogger CQ said...

Wasn't he also an actor at some point? At least, he was handsome enough to be an actor!

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